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A young boy, his hair platted, his face beaming, slips the ball through the legs of one of his classmates and erupts into raucous laughter. He is supremely talented, skipping past his adversaries with such utter ease in a five-a-side game at Vernon House Special School. He attends the specialist school having been expelled from his mainstream primary

Rio De Janeiro: Brazil jumped one spot to No.3 while Argentina leapt two places to No.5 in the latest FIFA world rankings announced on Thursday. The rankings update is the last before the World Cup in Brazil, which begins June 12. England rose one spot to 10th, joining World Cup Group D rivals Uruguay and Italy in the top 10. Uruguay are seventh and Italy

“I think it looks like he’s really interested in leaving Barcelona and is very, very interested in coming back to England. This, I think, is clear. There is a process where he wants to leave, [and] he wants to come to England because it’s the country where he wants to be, where he prefers to play. We are interested in monitoring the situation.” Also in The Guardian’s

Super Eagles left-back, Elderson Echiejile will undergo scan to ascertain the seriousness of the knock he picked up during Nigeria’s international friendly against Greece. Echiejile limped off in the 41st minute of the Super Eagles’ 0-0 draw against the Ethniki at PPL Park (Chester, Pennsylvania) on June 3.
The AS Monaco defender was duly replaced by Kunle

ALGIERS: Two successive World Cup appearances would have seemed almost impossible a decade ago but Algeria have made a swift return from the doldrums to again take a prominent role in African football. They now have high hopes of getting past the group stage in Brazil, having set themselves the ambitious target of a place in the knockout round at the fourth

Portugal fears grow over Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo's chances of being fit for Portugal's opening World Cup clash with Germany were thrown into further doubt Thursday when coach Paulo Bento refused to put a timeframe on his return.
Ronaldo, 29, failed once more to train with the rest of his teammates, as they went through their paces ahead of Friday's

Brazil's Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo appealed to Brazilians' patriotism against the protests and strikes which are occurring all over the country lately, as the FIFA World Cup draws closer, a local daily reported Thursday. "All of us want our country's image abroad to be something we can be proud of. We want to be proud of our country," the minister

I'm not an avid footballer watcher but when there is a World Cup I do make it a point to catch up on most of the action. However, I do follow a bit of club football, especially Spanish League. It is a tough sport and what I like about it is that it is a 90-minute game. On top of that, it is also great to watch the same league footballers giving their

Freddie Jacobson opted out of U.S. Open sectional qualifying Monday, instead hoping to play his way to Pinehurst with a high finish this week at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. After an opening 67 at TPC Southwind, he's off to a strong start. Jacobson was slated to participate in the 55-player qualifier in Vero Beach, Fla., on Monday, where four spots to the U.S. Open were up for grabs

Hoping to launch their journey to Brazil with maximum momentum, the United States will play host to fellow World Cup qualifiers Nigeria on Saturday in a key warm-up friendly for both. The Americans beat Azerbaijan 2-0 on May 27 in San Francisco and edged Turkey 2-1 last Sunday in suburban New York.
Facing Nigeria in Florida will give the US squad a taste